HUNTERDON COUNTY GREEN TABLE

Echo Hill Environmental Center

41 Lilac Drive, Stanton Station, NJ

Join us as Kevin Richardson, the Hunterdon County Program Administrator/County Open Space

Coordinator discusses Hunterdon’s land acquisition programs. He will cover the Hunterdon County

Open Space, Farmland and Historic Preservation Trust Fund Plan; and discuss the plan’s overall goals

and objectives as well as the current status of the County’s open space preservation initiatives and

role. Kevin will also cover the Municipal and Nonprofit Grant Programs, which provides funds

allocated from the County Open Space Trust to assist local preservation initiatives, and the role of the

County Open Space Advisory Committee.

Mr. Richardson has been with Hunterdon since 2000; before that, Kevin worked for the NJDEP

Green Acres Program administering the state Green Acres Local Assistance Program and federal

Land and Water Conservation Fund; Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Program and Section 502

of the Pinelands Protection Act throughout the state. Kevin’s work included many projects in

Hunterdon County undertaken by the former Board of Recreation Commissioners, many of the

county’s municipalities as well as several nonprofit organizations. As such Kevin has been involved

with open space land preservation including park and recreation issues for 22 years and has extensive

knowledge about Hunterdon County’s past and present open space preservation initiatives and

experience with the many people involved with preserving Hunterdon County’s rural character and

preserving its cultural, historic and natural resources.

The Hunterdon County Green Table was organized in 2001 by the South Branch Watershed

Association, Hunterdon Land Trust Alliance, NJ Department of Environmental Protection Green

Acres Program, and Hunterdon County Park System to create a forum for land conservation

leaders in Hunterdon County. The Green Table is designed to enhance land conservation projects

by improving communication among organizations, promoting partnerships, identifying

resources, and broadening awareness of conservation efforts throughout the county’s

environmental community.